What is Pakistan?

(noun): A Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947.Synonyms:Islamic Republic of Pakistan, West Pakistan

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You Tube - Censorship and Filtering ... On February 23, 2008, Pakistan blocked YouTube because of "offensive material" towards the Islamic faith, including display of the Danish cartoons of the prophet Muhammad ... Pakistan lifted its block on February 26, 2008. 2010, following the Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, Pakistan again blocked access to YouTube, citing "growing sacrilegious content" ...

Indian Army - Conflicts and Operations - First Kashmir War (1947) ... Immediately after independence, tensions between India and Pakistan began to boil over, and the first of three full-scale wars between the two nations broke out over the then princely state of Kashmir ... Since, Kashmir was Muslim majority state, Pakistan wanted to make Kashmir a Pakistani territory ... In 1948, Pakistan invaded Kashmir, as a result, Maharaja Hari Singh appealed to India, and to Lord Mountbatten of Burma, the Governor General, for help ...

1998 In India - Events - October To December ... 18 October – Pakistan and India end their first peace talks in a year with agreement to meet again next February in New Delhi ... – The first talks between India and Pakistan since 1992 over the disputed Siachen glacier end when Pakistan rejects an Indian proposal for a ceasefire ...

2006 ICC Champions Trophy - Off The Field Issues ... Pakistan's team composition frequently changed the original captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was suspended following his decision to forfeit the fourth Test of Pakistan's match against England over an umpiring ... On 16 October, the day before their first match, Pakistan fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Akhtar were sent home following a positive A sample of a drugs test ...

1998 United States Embassy Bombings - Indictments ... Osama bin Laden, killed in Pakistan in May 2011 Ayman al Zawahiri, at large Saif al Adel, at large Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, at large Anas al Liby, at large Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, killed in Mogadishu ... Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, arrested in Gujrat, Pakistan in July 2004, formely held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, serving sentence of life without parole at ADX Florence ...